Dumb lady sues Facebook over advertisement because she didn't RTFM

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2017 Faggot Of The Year

A Vancouver woman is taking legal action against Facebook after her name and profile details were used in an ad on the site without her permission.

In the class action lawsuit, Debbie Douez said after she clicked the Like button on a group called Cool Entrepreneurs, her photo and name were displayed in an ad shown to her Facebook friends last year. Her photo appeared with the caption “Debbie Douez likes Cool Entrepreneurs.” The ad was a Sponsored Story, a service Facebook started selling in January 2011.

"If you're going to be using somebody's name or somebody's portrait for advertising purposes, you need to obtain their consent," said Douez’s lawyer, Luciana Brasil, according to CBC. "The position that Ms. Douez takes in this case is that her consent was not sought or obtained."
Brasil claimed the fine print in the site’s privacy section is not adequate and that Facebook’s advertising practice as it stands breaches part of Canada’s Privacy Act. She added that similar class action suits will be filed in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

“You can use your privacy settings to limit how your name and profile picture may be associated with commercial, sponsored, or related content (such as a brand you like) served or enhanced by us. You give us permission to use your name and profile picture in connection with that content, subject to the limits you place.”​

Of course, Douez’s friends could naturally discover that she Liked the Cool Entrepreneurs group simply by accessing her profile, and that information would be shared with her friends anyway unless she changed her settings.

Her issue is with Facebook profiteering from her personal information apparently without her consent—even though users give their permission for Facebook to use photos and profile information in ads when they sign up.

I have said this time and time again, if you don't want your private information on the Internet, don't put it there.

If you don't want Facebook using your private information, don't sign up for Facebook, or at the very least don't sue Facebook because you don't understand how it works. They have a very clear policy that states that they can use whatever information you choose to input into their site in whatever way they choose, unless you go into your settings and revoke permissions for them to do so.

Those who complain about Facebook's privacy settings act like it is a government run program or something, it's not. Facebook is a private website and they can set up their site however they deem fit. They shouldn't have to bend over backwards because some people are too stupid to figure out how to use it. There are millions and millions of people of average intelligence who use Facebook without any problems.

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The Prime Memeister

I have said this time and time again, if you don't want your private information on the Internet, don't put it there.

If you don't want Facebook using your private information, don't sign up for Facebook, or at the very least don't sue Facebook because you don't understand how it works. They have a very clear policy that states that they can use whatever information you choose to input into their site in whatever way they choose, unless you go into your settings and revoke permissions for them to do so.

Those who complain about Facebook's privacy settings act like it is a government run program or something, it's not. Facebook is a private website and they can set up their site however they deem fit. They shouldn't have to bend over backwards because some people are too stupid to figure out how to use it. There are millions and millions of people of average intelligence who use Facebook without any problems.

People like this should not be allowed on the Internet.

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I have never agreed to anything you said more.
I didn't want my personal information on Facebook,so I shut down my Facebook. (Well,part of it was because I hate Facebook) My only regret is using my real name on my Skype due to my own misunderstanding. I could shut it down and open a new one,but I don't feel like re-adding people. If anything were to ever happen due to this (highly unlikely) I will not go around blaming Skype for my own stupidity. It is no ones fault but my own.

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Girlvinyl

I'm not surprised, americunts love frivolous lawsuits. If you ask me, there should be a law that carries extreme penalties for the filer of a lawsuit if they don't win.

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There's already one...you have to pay the legal expenses if you lose

I get what you say, the situation in the e.g. USA is ludicrous long time ago...but think about the posible abuses if there were penalties for losing a trial...no average income Joe would ever dare to sue anybody

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Girlvinyl

I have said this time and time again, if you don't want your private information on the Internet, don't put it there.

If you don't want Facebook using your private information, don't sign up for Facebook, or at the very least don't sue Facebook because you don't understand how it works. They have a very clear policy that states that they can use whatever information you choose to input into their site in whatever way they choose, unless you go into your settings and revoke permissions for them to do so.

Those who complain about Facebook's privacy settings act like it is a government run program or something, it's not. Facebook is a private website and they can set up their site however they deem fit. They shouldn't have to bend over backwards because some people are too stupid to figure out how to use it. There are millions and millions of people of average intelligence who use Facebook without any problems.

People like this should not be allowed on the Internet.

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You should do a weekly youtube segment where you sync your lines with a small black cat.